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min:minus Cards hauled at tbo sate of One Dol
lar a line per peer; bnt none for less rum than ESP.
noticei;Tifteen Cents pu line; Editorial,
r Local Nbtices, Twenty Cents pa line
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
W. D. TERBEJLL . CO.,
IVIIOLESALE DRUGGI4S, and dealers in
Wall Paper, Kerosene' Lamps, Window Glass,
Perfumery, Paints and 011,, &s., &c.
Corning, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1800.-Iy.
I=
maims & awrouzut,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
Office formerly ooeopied by James Lowrey, rag
W. A. Niciroce. Sons I. Al Ircannt...
We'labor°, Jan. 1, 1866-Iy.
WILLIA*. • II: * SMITH;
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Insurance, Bounty and PC151012 Agency, Main
Street Wensboro, Pa., Jan. 1,1666.
S F. WiLsos
WILSON de. -AMES, •
AT r..,RNETS COUNSELORS AT LAW,
i prat door from Sigoneya, - , on- the Aventie)—..
will attend to business entrusted to their care
the emetic; of Tioga and Potter. -
Welleboro, Zan: 1,1866:
D. ANGZ&I. & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS of, and Wholesale and Re
tail Dealer in Door', Sasb,.and Blinds. Also
Planing and Turning done to order.
Knoxville, Tioga Co , Pa., Jan. 16. 1887-Iy.•
F. w..7cmdarr, ,
ATTORNEY AT Lkw—Mansfi ld, Tioga co., Pa
May 9, 11366-17
GEORGIE - 'IVAONIBIR,
TAILOR. -Shop Out door north
_of L. A. Sears's
Shoe Sh6i. ' • jpireattitg; Fitt ing, itidlteptli
mg done promptly and well.
Welleboro, Ps, Jan. 1.1.1366 , -Iy. • I ,
JOHN B. SHAHSPEARE,
DRAPER AND TAILOR. Shop one door above
Smith's Law Office. pir Cutting, FOODS, and
Repairing done promptly And in best style.
Welisboro, Pa.. Jan. 1,1866-1 y
JOHN I.
A GENT for the collection of bounty, book pay
A
and pensions due aoldieri from the Govern
ment. - Office with Nichols and Mitchell, Walla
bun, Pa. . • m3O, '66
WM. GARBETSON,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
and Insurance Agent, Blossburg, Pa., over
Caldwell's Store. - •
IZAAK WALTON HOUSE,
Gaisuss, Tioga-Ceinift_i Pa C 1 ,
FI C. VEBMILTEA, PROPRIETOR. This is a
sew hotel located within easy access of the
beet fishing and hunting grounds in North
ern Pennsylvania. No pains will be spared
t,r the apoommodation of pleasure seekers and
the travaing public. [Jan. 1, 1866.]
Pennsylvania House.
ADEASIAH HAZLETT PROPRIETOR.
lspopular hotel bu been lately renovated and re•
furnished. and napkins will be spared to render Ito
tospitalitnes acceldabla tova.truns.);
Well. boro. May 9,1816,
PETROLEUM ROUSE,
WEST-FIELD, P. 4., I.IEORGE CLOSI, Propti
eh,. A hew irezel Conducted on lhe I , fibtlple
of live end let live, for the eerieamtltaikr of
the public.--Nov. 14, 1866 s
J. C. STRANG.
ATTORNEY AT 11A1Vi.- -Arar beettinsa entrust
ed to his care will 'rubbles pirbinfit attention.
Knoxville, Pa., N0v.14, 1866.-tf
GEO. W. -- 88017,
ATTORNEY - 4 DOEMINIAIEALT k i aw.
reoceville, "Tide*Co..; 4 4ll.!: Bowwq, Fentßoo,
and hear:twee Agent. Collectione promptly
attended to. Office 2d door below Ford Hour.°
Lae. 12, 1866-1 y
C. F. SWAN,
GENT for the Lycoming i County, Insurance
Company, at Tioga, Pa.
June 5, 1.8615.-3nua
FARR'S HOTEL,
Tiou A, TIOGA. COTJNTY, PA.,
Mood stabling. attachod, and an attentive 'wit
tier always in attendance.
E. S. FARR, . . . . -Proprietor.
Blacksmith and Ilarrier.
TOrkPll MANLY would inform the citizens
fj of Wellsboro and vicinity that be has lensed
the old Mack stand, on Water street, lately oc
cupied by Mr. }Uttar, *Were ,he .may fob band
prepared to shoe horses and oxen. and do all
work pertaining to his trade. He also is a prac
tical Farrier, and will treat horses for diseases.
October 24. 1866-tf
Hairdressing & Shaving
Saloon over Willcox k Barker's Store, Well.
Lu•ro, Pa. Particular attention paid to indica'
Hatr.entting, Shampooreg, Dyeing, etc. Draids,
Pule, coils, and awicbep 011 hand and made to or
der.
H. W. DORSEY: J. JOHNSON.
GOLD received on depoeite, for abicb
Wes will be Wised, bearing interest in gad.
11 W. CLARE CO, Bankers. '—
No 35 south Third etreet, Phila.
D• BACON, NI. 8., Mtn of the 2J Pa Cavalry, niter
1.1., nearly four years of army uervirch , edtb a large
cttet earn In field and hormital prartice, Ea+ opened an
•Itte fur the practice of tortli. Inv and aurgrrd , in all
ra hranrhee Pvreone from a dßdance ran had ;mod
,nhog at the Pennsylvanya lintel when dean-mi—
n II uctt any putt of the State iu comult.atfon, of to
surgical opefutiour.. No 4, Union Block., op
tuurs : ,
N EW
FRANK SPENCER
Las the pimento to inform the citizens, of Tioga
,ounty that he hos completed hit
NEW PIIOTOI3.E.APII GALLERY, -
4141 It on hand to take ali kinds ' n't She Pietura, -
-,i, MC A mbrotypea, Ferrotypes, VienettLs, Carter
la Visite, the Surprise and Eureka Pictures; also
ydneular attention paid to copying and enlarg—
a: Pictures. Instructions given in the Art on
~,tiable terms. Elmira St., Mansfield, Oct 1,
iIeTENTION SOLDIERS.
'WM. R. filitrff, gnoxrille, Tioga County,
VT Pa (U. 8. licensed Agent, nod Attorney
.uldiers and their friends throngbeut all the
still prosecute end collect with un-i
tll,l success, ,
OLDIENS' CLAIMS AND DUES
ail kinds Also, an other kind of claim
)I;aint)t the Government before any of the De
partments or ni Congre-s. Terme moderate. All
communications sent to the above addrere will re
ceive prompt attention. inn. 17.1SAS.
I lifiedia C. - N. D'A R
WOULD say Io the public th a t h e ie perms.
neatly Ideated tn•Welleboro, (Otfit.w at hie
re4dence, nest. the Land Office and Evitienpul
Church) where he will euutinne,to do all kind. of
work confided do hi, care. gunrantecit”, ~,t 111.1;1••
, ofaeti..n where the chill of the ItcntLi • ott
t • I in the management N. tile
,Iltng :le will PurniAli
ARTIFICIAL IF,ETII,
net ot. any untlerhil desired.
FILLING R: EXTIL-ICTINtI TEETH,
attewind ik. co 'hottest hottru, and aorta Ih thu
brat mid tunstapprored ettyle. ,
TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PA'I'X
ly tho the use of Anesthetics Witch -are per
betty harmless. and will be administered Junior>.
tie when desired. •
I, 1885-1,..- •
\puslcAL INSTRUMENTS —S. IL Shakt
..ln pear, denier in Decker & Broth er and
Hawes & Brothers pianos, Mason & llemlm toot ..rgaus, Trent, Linsey & Co. melodeons. and
th e B. tiliordnger mekideens Room over .1. R
Bowen'. stone' Sept..l2,
ADI2B.—A new kind et lamp for Rerosenc—
I-1 ---
IT bnialcalre of 111**i—ill' P,139.
AA
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12;041
30,wi
00,
O.L. XIV.
John W. GuernsoV,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Daring returned to this county with a view of
making it his permanent residence, solicits
share of public paircinage. All business en.
trusted to his care will be attende4l to with
promptness and fidelity. Office 2d door south
of E. S. Earr's hotel. Tina, Tioga Co., Pa.
sept. 26.'66 —tf.
WELLSB ORO HOTEL
(Corner /fain Street and thciAreiese.)
WELLSBORO, PA.
B. B, HOLIDA,Y, Proprietor.
TEffB is one of the most popular Houses in'
the county. Thls Hotel is the principal
Stage-house in Welleboro. Stages leave daily.
as follows :
For Tioga, at 10 a. as.; For Troy. at 8 sk. m.i.
For . jersey Shore every Tuesday and Friday at
2 p. 'm.; For Coaderaport, every Monday anti
Tharaday at 2 p.. m.
!, feass Aam v is—From Tioga, at 12 1-2 o'clock
p. tn. From Troy, at 6 o'clock p.m.: From Jar-.
say §hore, Tuesday and Friday 11. a. In:: From`
Coudersport, Monday and Thursday
N. B.—Jimmy Cowdon, - tha woli.known hosbi
ler,i will be found on hand.
Wetlsboro, Jan. I, 1866-Iy. •
J. B. NILES
:,
W. D. 'LANO.'
1- - •:- • 41 1• 1 i1ii.i.En IN L
DOW, ME D MINI'S,'
i BOORS AND STATION ERY,
p:
I ATENT- MEDICINES Mud
'Perfumery, - d/a
. Tostiii ma — nts slid Musl4l Iderchandiss.afall
lein4, : limsej Goals of alt-kiode, A.., ..: tic , .. ,
Ft,
iiiain's Prescription, carefdlly-eumpoitoded
Octolisi 31, 1860.-6 m. - -- —:4 ''' -- -''' • '
- 'n ,' - '-: sr, ' - r
THE THIRD ;LOT
ieNV Spring' Goods,:
I 40ST RECEIVED AT
UN NAME & WICKHAM'S,
1111
IIOGA, PA
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NEW
and well selected stock of goods, wbieb
we are selling very
LOW FOR CASH OR READY PAY.
Chiod Ward nitleaheoling for
11lavf /yard aide sheeting for...
Del4ines,. ... ....
Stinarird prinis froni l4 Co 20
0T44-ER- GOODS [N PR0150121101.
~Pe also 1. eep constun Uy ~Ld Lnn`d a cLolce
stook of
GROCERIES, FLOUR, PORE, Sce.,
At very low figuree
NEW WINTER GROUT
AT REDUCED PRICES
great Inducements to the Public
NOT baring a big stock of OLD GOODS to
*bore off at auction, I am enabled to take
Advantage of the present low prices, and am rea
dy to supply the public with a splendid stock of
NEW SPRING DRY GOODS,' LATEST
Sqlea, purchased to accommodate this - mar,
Itet.
Particular attention is directed to ruy de•
Arable ntocit of Ladies' DRESS GOODS,
P.lpaceae, Poplins, Prints, Delainea, &o:
Added to which I sm,offeting- a large
and splendid etoCk of
GROCERIES, BOOTSOd SHOES, HATS
and CAPS. &c , &0., &:, &0..
at priees to suit the4,000,000.' at Osiood's
olketand, Welleboro, Po, -
C. B. KELLEY. ,
. •
April 4, I Seli. - ,
.
IAWRENCEVILLE•_DRIIG. STORE
• 4BRAnderei g n'ed iasielpiptitehiteetl
1
. the -.Drug,Stero of W. 0. ; Miller, .wflf
keep a fulletack et, ... ,
t DRUO SAND MEDICINE
S,
l ii
. PrITE4T-ME.DICINES, VitiliO: OILS t '
Dye Staffs, Kbrosene OW antl.Grottertos, attach
Till be sold at as low prices se key other estab.
Oabment in the country fur mob. ,
C. P. LEONARD
La wrealsiziEr. Ha: , Si I 86&-It
To the Farmers of Tioga County
Vt r t:it i u " pt i rtg"" 4 "l"
FANNING MILL,
*inch possesses the following advantagesover allother
Mills -
]I. It separates oat.. rat later, and foul seeds. and
elves and cockle, from wheat.
2. It cleans flax seed, takes ont yolk w seed, and all
other weds, perfectly. -
3. It clean, ttmotby st.ed
4 It does all other semtrating renntred of a mill.
i This mill is huakof ate hest an most dnrablejim.
fnr * ln rAVl.4 l l4'i l t ii
Once.
I twill fit a patent ..tevc. for separating
oats from
*beat, to other mills, i.rt reasonable terms.
J. If MATIIER
I 'A , _
s - rawer Me, October 10, 1866-tf •
'-AvE .1:00R GREENBACKSI I- •
AND CALL OPTE4„
Nast &t Nuerbach7s,
:7'11 , 17?
CALgri•STOBE.,
_ . ,
111.05SBUttil. PA ,
%% here you cmtmitir4 ... hod the beet asonrted
k of
DOMESTIC, &,:-FANCY DRY IGOODS,
CLOTHS, NOTIONS,-8K AY
• MADE CLOTHING,
ManufactEred unTiertheir ownt supers-I,tnn.
Also Genpeb•Aff4ios gooda a 4e„
Iu their sueribant tailoring extAblhohm,nt they defy
compadtion;, tpring thc - DD•PhFauPtnt rare - Vert euty,
and it I afterieneetf eutter:3lr. - P. Cruin.lfebtletly
-
ADIES' SETS from !11,5111 . 1 1 o : ,31,4 131
• 114
ms
SPECIAL NOTICE!
READY -MADE CLOTHING
r ••FOB THE MULTITUDg.
avER. coATM 'o,ml;cc,rAT,s,
`." „. , • .-- • 1!: •
HEAVY' BUSINESS SUITX-rlisii
VITS, - DRESS SUITS OF ALIT
• GRADES.. .. •
FOIR4SHING 'GOOD§:TN; 1 644#
it a
Is Itki . jsteeked with 'the etiOleimi abd cifiw4st
styles- o(Ciarments, equal to style, workmanship
and material to the best custom work, both for
DItAIITY OF FIT,
.QIIIIT tCON
OM Y _
aball be unsurpassed.
.
NIT(' STYLES.
. PcI,III74'N);I4T. I LY„,RA
ePtvAP.
:.o. Lir ,
All Goods will ls./old at the
,4 ; 7
LOWEet CA'SII , PRItES. •
t
1 -1:a0- t 'N. ,ASUER.
rt, il • 3, ,•:3-3•3 , 3. ~ ,-• ..:3-„3 3 ,
under the Agitator Printing Like, 1301 t door to
Roy:it Wag Store. s , 4 . ~,,,,. IT 7, . : 4 iZI 4 LC i...,
Wellsboro, Sept.. 26 1866.
, + ~,,,t ,e.
't
(~A.oS,fr IA 1. 3 '
'On, ,fa '''' '' 'q ti I 'it i-i • . ..!;
\ , ..S 14 1j VV i I , , i '' . '''. ', 3 .
Patented Ma/.2$ - . 15136,
MIMS is an article for 4ashlilg
J! cepa in very dirty places, %Ouch will ril_qtaixe a very
s ight nth . , and nnhke other preparations offered for a
l,ke porpoise, lIILLNBT for-SHE clams, but will leave
Mint much rum= than ordinary methods, without the
meal near and tear. ,
It mmores grease vote as if by magic, and eaten.
all dirt by traaking, no that rmiung rAII in arab:Lary
tee entirety r einale It' -"
This ponder It prepared In accordancn with chemical
science, .d upon a process peculiar to itself, latch hi
secured by Letters Patent. It h. been In nee formers
than a year, and has proved itself an universal favorite
wherever it has been used. '
. . ..
ge
among the adv a n tage . claimed aro .
tbalotowlng,,yr::
It saves all the expense of soap usually used on cot
toa arid linen goals. - . _
It saves moot of the labor of rubbing.' and ;rear and
Also,Nre cleaning mandates it is unsurpassed. With
one Quarter the labor and expeaan tianally required. It
Imparts a bnatitital gloss nod luster mach superior to
aay other mode. No waterregaircd ' etcept to moisten_
Os powder.
Directions with each package.
And can ha readily appreciated by a single trial. Tho
cost of washing for a family of fire or mg persons trill
not attend ranee crane.
20cts
The tuannfaetnrers of this ponder ore aware that
realty useless compounds hare been Introduced to the
ptiblib *Lich hove rotted the cloth, or failed in rerun,
ink the dirt; but knowing...the, intnnste excellence of
this article, they mmfidehtly proclaim It an being adapt
mtto meet a demand which hu lobg existed, and which,
brisjurstofore remained onupplied.. Pdaonfetetnrul by
Ift)WR ,14114VENS,
1 : - - 2601Tiostdftr;'ftrioltor. -
fttesS,lnanafeeturers of fireatty , dye color.. =Farina*
bigreceraand dealers erarywhere.c.., amt11,,,86-3m
BIER
IMM
...1 .qb "
- AT GARDNER'S
-1 017 FIND - A - .MST CLASS
RIOCERIES & PROVISIONS,
May 30,1866
*AS OF ALL KINDS; COFFEE, SU
OAR, MOLASSES, SYRUPS, SALT,
SPICES, DRIED FRUIT, FIGS,
, CANNED FRUITS, PRUNES,
, ENGLISH - CURRANTS,
- RAISINS, CITRON; • •
.'CREAM TARTAR, -
• SODA ; '
PORK, FLOUR, MACKEREL, WHITE
FISH, CORN MEAL, BUCK
WHEAT FLOUR,
'ALSO • ki4RDWA E,
NAILS, AXES,, TABLE , AND POCKET
CU TLE RY, • -SRO FELS; SPADE -
ROE FORKS,
Crockery, Jais, - .liigi;tamps and Chimneys,
Lanterns; '„Troodin.:lrdre.of„ cal kiriets,,,. •
4lecicords,' BOK,' Broonts„ - Prushes• of all
Kindd ; Plug & Fine Clli Toliacco,
Segarl; alao a large variety of,
°king Tobacco.
• In regard to`tbe•eate of - these 'goods I have a
!cid to say, iv strict con adence, of-contee., These
goods were patchased for cosh and , will be sold
for cash afpritieleritieh . will make :it an object
for `housekeepers •I mean to do a
SOire and fair trading basinese. qall 7 tind see
the—at the J. D. Jones' stand. -
L. A. GARDNER
I 'Weßebore, Dec. 12„1866—U
__
_ Claim' Agefli y: `
ENRY. StlißFS 0064 a J. HARRISON
Atly'eriiill Reoxpits, PaName,
10 all other claims again:gadOverament.:
tinder the preiiaiorke of late acts of Coogreas
$lOO Extra Bounty
fill be paid to every-three years' man who thrred
Ott his full time, or was wounded in Bernice, or
was discharged by reason of the termination of the
war, and to the - widows, minor children or 'pa
rents of three years men,
$5O Extra BOunty
will be paid to all, two year? men and their heirs
ender liko eireamstinees; and to three years' men ,
tato served two years efibeirinlistniont.
In no ease will any extra bounty be paid when
More than $lOO bas been previously paid.
'No claim will be entertained unless presented
hnder RULES AND REDULATIOSIS issued by the
War Department Sept. 22,.1800.. •
The Departutent.wili receive claims frOm Oct.
1, 1866, until April 1,1867: In rate of claims by'
Parente under late 'acts of 0014 g -rein for- homily:
the POTHER end MOTHER iaiut both join in the
application. _
Increase .
$l5 per month to oven 7 Invalid Pensioner to:
!ally dieabled.
$2 per month for each child under 16Ireirs of
Agri orsridow Pensioners. f - >
_
-Fees for procuring Extra Bounty, $5
" Inertia - se Pension _
- •• Original Peerniun,.—.,....-41,01
collection tho 116 of Sept. - und 4t6,0f:
- March pay Loewe of,
347 .
•. - •
JSTICKLIN, 014 IRMAKfiR
. Turner, and Furnituie'Dealer
lippovite Dam's Wagon Shop, ,
NAM ...STREET, IVELLSK9IO, • RA:
, Orders promptly filled kid ratiataction itutran
tied.' - Fancy Turning dime to ordei':
Oct. 31, 1866.--tf.
,
'EIMER FROM CHOICE WHITE WHEAT,
buckwheat flour, corn meal and feed, always
on bind. • Call at the'Cbariestunillllbederebuy,
ingyoar flour and feed. :I can make It an-oldeet
for yea to bay.
May 16, 1866-0 .;
I‘. 22. t j tax° Megizurs.l.2:2.c 400 f
WELLSBORO, PA., FkBRITARY 13, 1867.
STOCK OF
"Isfy heart is totally disinterested,"
contimied Gertrude, "and wil
lingly give you my hand if you will
render me a service which shall prove
to A tuf yaw '
isaid worth: l 'i: :
i'Speak,! thri Inindsinni sydaitg
mini Ain at your 'orders in all 'mat
ters* . - - - = i
"In that case,•4 is my duty to inform
you that one, of our relatives has been
killed in u duel' 'Aetive stepi - arebeing
taken to secure him arespectable inter
ment. In the_meantime his body- lies
near where lie .was slain, In. the old Ro-
Stiett ettrg.
THE SNOW SHROUD
The loud winds from the mountain swept,
. The snow-drifts thickened on theirilight—
Tlio home-blesied on his pillow slept,
Nor knew how wild sad cold the night,
Tot o'er the plain, against the blast,
'wanderer strove with failinaltrength,
While 'rot:lld him gathered thick and fast
The shroud that wrapt his limbs at length.
'Ere morn the tempest ceased its moan,
. And earth arid sky- to silence met;
The stars came forth, and one by one •
Their kindling beams in glory set;
Then fell in bright and brightening streams
upon the white wreath round his form,
Whom cherished bntdelusive dreams
Were'ended in that fearful storm."
From lands beyond the foaming sea,
The sleeper sought his mother's side—
Thai night—one perished on the lea,
The other inlet' cottage died.
Yet was well that they should meet,
Those penitent, confiding one;
Where every shade of. thought ie sweet,
And fadeless as Celestial thrones.
deidoux our, judgment reads,aright
The wisdom of an act divine,
`'Sd , weak 'out. faith, ao dim our eight,
do "Worthltei each Most cherished shrine
ilia we the trust which all men need,
The truer:which good men_ only know,
" Theme tests in which our bbsbms bleed,
~tatheri a Ceaseless iota would show.
atistellitunts.
THE COQUETTE OF AELON.
• In times long back, the inhabitants
ofi Arlon • worshipped the moon, and
lettrned:men say that the name of the
plimejArx lutito sprang from that cir
cumstance. It is from the same cir
cumstance, it is added, that the young
ladies of this ancient town have some
times a way of their own.
About a hundred years ago, - no one
was so much talked about by the Arlon
nais as a young girl who was in posses
sion of eighteen years, good, lively,
frank, always smiling, always happy,
but whose affections no one could mon
opolize, shewas so volatile andindepend:
ent. Her name was Gertrude, and she
was the only daughter of Charles Stock,
a well-to-do inhabitant of Arlon, and
who was generally known as StockfiLs,
'to distinguish him from his father and
grandfather, who were both alive.
"On durait vieux"—they lived to a good
'old age, in that family, according to a
local expression. Arlon had not at that
time suffered from the terrible firewhich
ravaged the little town in 1785.'
'All the young men of the town, we
have said, sought to win the affections
of the beauty of the place, but no one
seemed to meet with success. It was
for this reason, and on account of her
apparently flighty manners, that she
was - called the "coquette d'Arlon."
The epithet must notbe When, howev
er, in a reproachful sense, for her father
and mother had perfect confidence in
her, and let her laugh and do just as she
pleased.
Four young gentlemen of the town
were particularly distinguished by the
l o
assiduity 'wit which they plied their
spit to the coq ette. They. were known
US Sigismond e Vletter, Gilles Colin,
Ntrenceslas St bant, and Lambert von
Moll. Thefilt was so quiet that he
inspired no a prehensions, three oth
ers were so ardent that each only await
ed his selection by the fair maiden. As
they became urgent in insisting that
she should make a choiCe, the sprightly
damsel in question resolved at last upon
a strategem by which she should put
each to the proof. This was in the
month of September, in the year 1743.
Gertnide was aware of the existence
in a field belonging to her father, not
far from Arlon, of an old Roman tomb,
Which was looked upon - with awe ou
account of many superstitious stories
connected with it. She made this the
center of her batteries.
Gilles- Colin came first, accordihg to
his daily custom, protesting that he
Would walk bit burning coals - to please
} r m nod
art exaathig," slie, replied.
"I do not even say that I will not take
you for my husband ; but I must have
a mark of devotion and courage on your
part."
"Now,you speak to the point 1" said
Gilles. I will give you plenty of
marks, isiqs, say what you wish."
"You know,'- she replied, "the old
tomb that lies there, a mound about a
eimtrter -of--a-league-from the town ?"
"I know it," said - the Arlonuais, - "I
know it from afar: rhever cared to go
nearit.,:TliereaMetrange tales - current
about the nasty place."
"Well, it 'is my wish that, without
telling any one of the understanding
between us, you should-go to-night at
rilue.o'clOck, and that you should lie in
that Sepulchre." • -
•
"What, is that den . ot
What a fancy !" -
"And that you should remain there
Motionless until midnight." -
"But Gertrude, what are you think
i 11002 rotutat object?". z
`Why, vp show the wnite" 'feather
already. You may say it is a whim, a
fancy; well, let it-be so. I have my
ideas, and I wish to prove you. If you
do as I bid you, I shall be satisfied.; and
if you remain from nine till twelve, my
heart is yours. Refuse, and I wed
another."
Gilles; taken aback by the decided
tone of th e young girl, had no alternative
but to submit. It was in vain that he
passed Over in his mind the ghosts that
had been seen in the neighborhood of
;the sepulchre, the, witches who had been
watched manufacturing their unguents
and charms at the spot, and the sab
baths thatwere occasionally held there.
Although Gilles was anything butcour
ageous, fain he was so much in love that
he accepted the terms, and promised to
'fulfil them without saying anything
about them to any one. Perhaps he
etnforted himself by thinking that, if
groups of sinister-looking and grotes
quely-dressed personages had been seen
there, it might after all have been gip-
Ides, twithwbom the forests of, Leaem•
`burg and Limburg were infested.
About a quarter of an hour afterward
Winceslas Stroobant came in his turn.—
;Gertnidereeeived him very graciously.
He was handsome,
and he was rich ;
and, vain of these two advantages, he
was not wanting iii Self-sufficiency.
:".1t is not your fortune that tempts
.me," said Gertrude. -
Weneeslas made a bow, and then
puffed himself up, in the atitude of -a
man whesaysto himself, "I understand ;
we have other attractions."
•
man tomb. As this sepulchre is much
exposed, I would ask you to go there at
half past nine this evening."
"What! to the tomb where the witches
bold their Sabbath? What a fancy!"
"What! are you afraid?"
"I am not afraid. But what a strange
commission you give me !"
"A fancy; perhaps, as you say. Yet I
can-not intrust the execution of it to any
one who is not devoted to me. No one
must know this mystery. Go there,
then, at half past nine, disguised like
an. angel of light, with a torch in your
hand. The tales which are connected
with the tomb will serve your purpose.
Seeing you seated at the foot of the sep
ulchre those who might have enter
tained the project or robbing the dead
will be terrified, and no one will come
near. Do you agree ?"
agree," said Wenceslas, terrified at
the idea of the commission, but still ter
rified at the idea of losing his mistress:
"You can come hack at midnight.
But not a word of what has been said.
That is the price of my hand."
Wencesla.s, stiffing his nocturnal ap
prehensions, swore that he would be
discreet, that he would be at his post at
half past nine, and that he should keep
such good watch over the dead that not
even the bats should come near.
A very brief time had elapsed before
Lambert von Moll made his appearance
also, to pay his homage,
He was a
ydung barrister, of whose future the en
tire town predicted great things.
" If, it is true that you love me," said
the coquette, " I wish to have a proof
of it. Neighbors whom you know, and
who are our enemies, wish to annoy,us.
To do this, they have put a dead body
into the Roman tomb which belongs to
the family. I - vish the body to be re
moved, a thing that you can easily do.".
"I l" exclaimed Lambert, taken
aback.
" Yes, you. I know that you arecourageous.
"That is true ; but you give me such
a ridiculous commission."
,'"rkere will, in all probability, be
nothing but children there to watch the
corpse to-night. To drive them aw'ay
blacken your face, make yourself as ug
ly as you are handsome; in fact, dis
guise yourself as a demon. It is a rid
iculous commission, if you like ; but go
to the tomb at ten o'clock, carry away
the corpse, bring it here, and expect ev
erything from my gratitude."
Lambert volt Mull felt, after all, that
It was not too much to do to win so fair
a person as Gertrude, so, like the other
, two, he promised punctuality and dis
cretion.
Sigismund de \letter came in his turn
to pay his respects to Gertrude. But
when, doing as she had done with the
others, she proposed to him to play his
i
part n the projected comedy, he replied
that he was at her orders in all serious
matters but not for absurdities. Child
ish acts, he said, should be left for chil
dren to do. The coquette, finding him
so unamiable, dropped the subject.
In the meantime, at nine o'clock pre
cisely, Gilles Colin arrived at the Ito
man sepulcher. He had taken a little
lantern with him, and shook it in his
hand, partly because the night was cold
and partly for other reasons. After
looking carefully around, in the tomb
and in every bush, he stretched himself
out at full length in the tomb, drew a
sheet over him from feet to head, fast
ened it with napkins around his neck
and waist, and then blowing out the
light delivered himself- up to his reflec
tions, which were anything but agreea
ble in character.
Half an hour had barely elapsed be
fore he became sensible of the sound of
approaching footsteps. He raised his
head and saw a mysterious phantom,
clothed in a long silver-white robe, with
a blue band, the head covered with gol
den stars, and the shoulders loaded with
two pieces of muslin, which floated like
wings. The apparition held a lighted
torch in its hand. Poor Gilles, who had
not anticipated such a vision, sunk to
the bottom of the sarcophagus, and cov
ered his head with the sheet.
" It is an angel," he said to himself.
But the angel coughed. "It is not an
inhabitant of heaven," he added. "If
is - one of the people who hold Sabbath
here I shall come off badly." '
The angel, on its side, did not appear
quite at its ease. He cast a side glance
at the sheet that covered the body, but
did not seem at all inclined to examine
it more closely. With his torch in his
hand he at length seated himself at the
fait of the sarcophagus; and it was
lucky that it was of solid stone, or each
party would have been aware that the
other was shaking violently. The cold
that had at first manifested itself by a
slight cough now got up to Wenceelas'
head, and he sneezed twice. Not being
able to get at his 'kerchief, bewiped his
nose with one of his wings.
"Decidedly," thought the dead one,
"he is - not an angel, but a witch. Per
haps he is master of ceremonies. Ile is
here with his torch to summon the oth
ers. I shall soon be in the very midst
of a sabbatb, and if the devil presides,
what will become of me ?"
As he was making these reflections,
of a; nature so little. calculated to reas
sure him, he was struck by a sudden
movement on the part of the angel with
the torch. He seemed to be alarmed at
the appearance of some frightful spec:
bide. It was the third personage who
had arrived.
. Lambert .Von Moll came to the place
of appointment disguised as a demdn:
He was clothed in the skin df an ox;
with its large horns and hanging ears.
His face was blackened, and to render
himself still less recognizable, he wore
a great beard of red shavings. In his
hand he carried a pitchfork. As he ap
proached, his movements assdmed an
uncertain and zigzag character!; It was
quite evident that he could nOt make
out what the white figure was With the
torch in its hand, and that he had not
calculated at all upon its presence. At
last he decided upon turning the posi
tion, and he arrived at the tomb by the
other extremity.
Wenceslas disguised himself under
these trying circumstances by the great
est act of courage that be ever commit
ed. He rose up and advanced towards
the spectre, holding out his torch at
him. Unfortunately this hasty pro
ceeding set tire to Lambert's beard, and
he, tearing it off as quickly as he could,
threw it at the torch and put it out.
The two spectres then seized one anoth
er by the hair, each astonished at find
ing the other so palpable.
In the meantime the dead one was
seized with the apprehension that they
were good and bad angels disputing the
possession of his body; and the idea so
filled him with terror that he jumped
out of the sarcophagus. winding-sheet
and all, and took to his heels. The two
champions, seeing the corpse take flight
thus unceremoniously, were seized
with a similar panic, and hurried away
across the fields as fast as their legs
could carry them.
Next day the three lovers were con
fined to their beds by bad colds, and
Gertrude, seeding them word that they
must hold her in very slight esteem to
seek her hand by such extravagances,
selected Sigismond fOr her husband.
A boarder at one of our hotels on be
ing asked how they lived there, replied
that the bash was rather doubtful, but
the' beef was " bully." The dubious
indorsement failed to attract a new
boarder.
dorrtsponbente,
[For the Agitator.]
A SHORT STORY, WHICH IS NO
ROMANCE
" So, Jacob is coming over in the
spring 2"
" In April; yes. He would have come
sooner, but money is so hard to get in
Arnsdorf."
"You will be his wife when he
comes ?"
" I have promised ; he would be very
unhappy—it would kill him, if I should
refuse him after all that has passed."—
The big pipe was filled again, and the
face of old John Schultz beamed kindly{
and - yet more kindly, on his plump;
blue eyed favorite, while his heart
swelled and grew younger as he thought
of the time, more than twenty-five ytars
ago, when he led to the altar just such
a demure, fair-cheeked, golden-haired—
pshaw, that was long ago and wasn't he
on the shady side of fifty-five? So he
smoked his pipe to the bottom, knocked
the ashes out as before, and dnly said in
a quiet, kindly tone, "Jacob is a good
fellow—tell him to come."
" Oh, Father !" And the two white
arms were about the old man's neck,
the rosy mouth was pressed to his cheek,
and the blue eyes rained on his grizzly
mustache quite pathetically. Of course
Katherine did not go to bed until she
had written a long letter, telling Jacob
all about it, and on the very next day,
like an honest old 'trump as he was,
John Schultz sent the young schoolmas
ter; privately, a hundred dollars, togeth
er with a letter of sound advice as to
the, best method of avoiding the run
ners and sponging houses in New York,
that are always laying in wait for un
wary Dutchmen. Greasing the course
of true love with a little cream from the
milk of human kindness makes it run
amazingly smooth, Mr. William Shake
speare to the contrary notwithstanding.
And so it happened one fine day in
April that the young schoolmaster from
the little village of Arnsdorf walked
into the house of John Schultz, and was
welcomed by the old people as a future
son-in-law. As to the meeting between
him and the feminine loadstone which
had drawn him across the ocean and out
into the wilderneos of a far land, that is
a subject with which we have nothing
to do, and of which we cannot tell more
than this ; that ittook place in the front
room which served as a parlor, and was
protracted far into the night. From the
fact that it was followed by a wedding,
at which old Schultz danced until he
was threatened with apoplexy, and at
which the consumption of lager beer
and pretzels was measured by barrels
and bushels, we may . conclude that it
was satisfactory to the parties most in
terested, at least.
Most stories culminate with the legal
yoking of the happy pair; on the prin
ciple, I suppose, that that is the point
at which romance ceases and reality be
gins ; but this was not the case with Ja
cob Kohler and his pretty bride.
The old folks had quite set their hearts
on it that Jacob should teach a school
in New Ulm, and when they found both
him andKatherinc firmly and unaltera
bly resolved on farming, the astonish
ment of old Schultz was unbounded.—
It was preposterous that Jacob, who
was a good scholar and an experienced
teacher, should refuse a fair salary for
teaching, which he did understand, to
try his hand at farming and stock rais
ing, of which he might reasonably be
supposed to know nothing. The situa
tion was already secured by the influ
ence and forethought of old Schultz,
there was a snug cottage 'all ready for
the young couple which he offered to
furnish in a style worthy of the dignity
supposed to go with the office of Prin
cipal of the " Academy" of New Ulm,
and the 4 aalary, to a man who had taught
for years at ten dollars per month, must
have seemed princely ; but Jacob and
his young wife had notions in their
heads which made them turn deaf ears
to all the blandibhments and honors of
teaching.
Katherine's letters had been full of
the descriptions of the beautiful western
land; flowery prairies, fairy like lakes,
rivers and groves, had formed a large
item in her correspondence, and Jacob,
like most men of sedentary habits, was
enamored of rural life and scenery.
So, as Jacob would farm, and could
not be prevailed upon to teach, it was
settled that he should at least start on
as good a "claim" as money could buy;
by a claim is meant, usually, one hun
dred and sixty acres of land, and the
claim which Jacob pitched upon, and
old John Schultz generously bought for
the young people, was situated on a
small tributary of the Minisotah some -
,
ten miles from New Ulm, and west of
that place, in Brown county. It was
bought of an enterprising Yankee who
was willing to sell his improvements
for two reasons ; first, it was a German
neighborhood, and secondly, it was
what is called a "broken claim" in
Minnesota; i. e. there was a part of it
ndt fit for the plough, owing to the pres
ence of a small lake which the Yankee
declared " meandered" over forty acres,
and should have been "meandered out"
of the claim by the government sur
veyors. ,As there was more than one
hundred acres of capital arable land,
and part of it timbered at that, Jacob
thought the lake, with its margin of
burr oaks and shore of clean pebbles
and white sand, rather added to than
diminished the value of the claim, and
a bargain was easily made, by which
the Yankee was bound to give possession
within twenty-four hours after receiv
ing the money for his claim at the rate
of five dollars per acre.
According to German ideas, twenty
four hours is rather short notice on
which to pack up the entire household
goods and gods of a home, and push out
into the world with awife and four chil
dren, without any definite place of des
tination ; but when, on the very iw..xt
day, he paid over the eight humiredN
-dollars in good yellow gold, and took a
deed of 160 acres of land therefor, he
found the Yankee, Jacob Downes—
" Yankee Zhake," as the Dutch called
him, quite equal to th a emergency.
It was on a bright morning in the last
week of May, 1858, that the transfer
was made, and by sundown of the same
day two wagons stood at the door of the
small block house where -Take Dowries
bad roughed it for two years and a half;
one of the wagons was covered with
canvass and partially loaded with bed
ding, clothing, and such articles as
might most readily be injured by expo
sure to wet weather; this was to be
drawn by horses, and was to furnish
conveyance by day and shelter by night.
The other was loaded with the miscel
laneous plunder of a frontiersman, in
cluding axes, scythes, hoes, and the in
evitable "breaking plough" so Indi,-
pensable in prairie farming: it was
rbv
ered, also, by a large tent cloth which
could be converted into a temporary
dwelling whenever it might become
necessary to " lay over" for a few days,
or even weeks, and was to be drawn by
' a stout pair of " muley" oxen, driven
by the eldest boy, a lad of thirteen,
while Downes himself took the lead
with the horse team, and the second
• boy, a lad of eleVen years, brought up
the rear with a crop eared collie and two
ranch cows. The mother and the two
youngest rode in the wagon, or walked
at-their pleasure, and the whole affair,
the selling out s packing up, and flitting,
NO: 7.
was nianaged with less fuss than an
English family of the middle class
would make about a journey of a dozen
miles. After a night on a rough shake
down of prairie hay and blankets, the
family of Jake Downes arose, got up a
hasty breakfast of corn bread, milk,
coffee and bacon, hitched up, and start
ed " for Sauk Centre and the chances,"
as Jake declared, with as little apparent
concern as though they were going to
mill—or meeting.
" Three removes are as bad as a burn
out," says Poor Richard. That saying
will not apply to the great west : there,
three removes, (if judiciously made,)
are as good as fifteen hundred dollars;
for what frontiersman of good sense
would relinquish a claim of 160 acres
for less than five dollars per acre? and,
as he gets the land at government price,
makes a living while "improving" it,
and delights in change and adventure, it
frequently happens that the selling of
his improvements inures to the benefit
of both himself and the purchaser. If
the Yankee settler was pleased with the
sale of his claim to a cash purchaser,
the young schoolmaster and his bride
were more than pleased with their pur
chase. The oak grove to the north and
west of the modest house, the prairie, in
its spring freshness and flowery beauty,
and last but not least, the five acre lot,
well planted to corn, potatoes, wheat,
and garden vegetables, all their own,—
why it seemed to the married lovers a
near approach to the garden of Eden.
Perhaps it was as near it as the most of
us will ever get.
Five acres may seem' a small " im
provement" on a farm of one hundred
and sixty ; but when you recollect that
forty bushels of wheat, fifty of corn, or
three hundred of potatoes, are common
crops in Minnesota, and that the soil of
that State is not to be beaten for vegeta
bles this side of California, you will .see
that the young couple were not likely
to starve the first year. Downes had
offered to sell a decent farm pony, a good
milch cow, half a dozen sheep, and a
couple of pigs for a hundred dollars,
just because he didn't want to he both
ered with 'eneand did want the money,
he said: he declared they were a bar
gain at that, and, as they were just
what the schoolmaster needed he cloqed
the - bargain at once. As for the poultry
yard, why all in that line is usually un
derstood to go with the purchase, so that
Jacob Kohler had quite as much stock
on his hands as he cared to' attend ; for
truth obliges me to confess that Jacob
made but a sorry figure as a prairie
farmer, and that his wife was much the
better farmer of the' two. For tonic
than two years he had devoted all hi
leisure hours to the study of English
grammar, and Liebig on soils and ma
nures. The result was a little discoura
ging; for he could not make himself
understood in English at all, although
pis nouns, pronouns, verbs and advert,:
were doubtless correct enough in theory,
while the soil along the Minisotah and
its tributaries was evidently composted
by a hand that needed no scientific sug
gestion's from Liebig. If-'a man wants
to get the desk and counter notions on
farming blown out of him by '• the
force of circumstances," let him en
west. Professor Mapes and superphos
phates are bugs that hum mighty small
on a western prairie ; Liebeg and chem
ical analysis would hardly affect a Min
nesdta farm to the extent of a turnip
per acre.
tTo be Continued.)
[For tl4 Agitator.]
DIARY
Of JOAIN L. POND, Co. A, 149th
Reg't . P. V., while a prisoner in the
hands of the Rebels.
JULY 12th, ISCrI. More prisoners came
in to-day, they report that James Island
in Charleston , harbor is taken by our
for-ces. The, , rest Of the raiders were
bro't into thi , stockade with a ball and
chain on each of them.
13th. The day has been very warm,
the rebel guards shot two more men to
day, one was instantly killed, the other
badly wounded; the one killed was not
over the dead line, but several feet
from it. . •
14th. The Captain in command of
the prison 4alled out all the Sergeants
who have charge of us and draw rations
for us in the prison, and told them lie
was informed that there was a plan mi
foot amongst the prisoners to break out
of the stockade and made their escape ;
the Captain told the sergeants that if we
attempted the thing he would surround
the prison with artillery and dre as tong
as he could see a man kick. In camp.
quite an alarm was raised this evening,
two shots were fired from a piece of ar
tillery, and the whole rebel force outside
- fell into line; a great many of our men
thought our forces were coming to re
lease us.
15th. A few prisoners came in from
Sherman's army to-day, they report
that our forces are within four miles of
Atlanta and heavy firing going on when
they left.
'l6th. Everything is quiet to-day—
no prisoners came iu. Some of our men
are getting up memorials to send to the
Governors of the different States lsiorth
in behalf of prisoners here ; we are all
waiting and hoping for the time to
come when we shah get out of this.
17th. The day has passed as all Sun
days do here; nothing to do but eat,
drink, and sleep. There is a report in
Camp to day that Johnson has fallen
back from Atlanta but it is only a re
port dud may not be true.
18th. .Another man was shot by one
of the guards last - night ; he was wound
ed in the face and head ; some of the
rebeiguards fire into the camp ahuost
every night, it is generally done with
out any provocation whatever.
19th. All sorts of rumors are circula
ting about our Cavalry coming to re
lease the prisoners, there are as many
different stories as there are men.—
I hope some of them may prove true.
!.. ) Uth. Some of our men escaped
through a tunnel this morning. Two
•lore Reg. came in to day, they are ma
king every preparation for defense polmi
ble.
21st. The rebels are driving ahead
their fortifications and making great
preparation for an attack from our for
ces ; we are all anxious to see our Cav
alry come this way, but are la fraid they
will not come.
22nd. Another lot of prisoners came
in to day; they brought no news from
our army, they have all been taken sonfe
time, for the railroads have been so torn
up by our Cavalry that it takes a long
time to bring them here.
23d. Nothing has taken place to day
worthy of note ; the weather has been
quite cool—reports are plenty about pa
roles exchanges to take place soon.
This Sunday has passed a II
others do in this horrible den; it doe
seem as if our Government had left us
to our destruction ; men are dying of
scurvy and diarrhea by hundreds.
25th. The rebel papers bring news of
a great battle fought near Atlanta; they
adink a defeat with heavy loss. The
weather is very cool for the time of year,
last bight was the coldest r ever saw in
July.
213th. The rebels say they are going
to build barracks enough to hold all the
prisoners here, that the work is to com
mence immediately and be competed
in two weeke.
About three hundred prisoners
came in to day, some of them are hun
dred days men and were taken in Mary-
JOBBING DEPARTMENT.
The Proprietors have stacked t he establekossa t Vital
I 'are a aeorttasot of mode, astyies
JOB AND CARD TYPE
ARD FAST PRESSES,
and 111,1 preparra (a 412.0 newly, 21,61 promptly
POST ER S,IIANDRILLS, CIRCULARS, Cd EDS,BILL•
HEADS. LETTER READS, 5TA'232,11,NT9,
TOWNSRTP ORDERS, kc., dc.
Deeds, Mortgages, Lestass, and a fall assorts:Dant of
Consuibles' and Justices' Bleats, constantly on hand.
Papp'attain at a dutanclecaudapead on haelzathetr
work done promptly,aad meat back la valeta mall
Sil.Drrice—lloy's block, Siwond Floor
land by Gen. Ewell, and bring no news
of importance. The guard shot a man
dead to day.
_sth. The camp is tilled with rumors
of an exchange to take place the first of
August—we have had just such reports
for the last two months, but they have
all proved false.
i;nl.l. This life of inactivity and
the food we get is telling with dreadful
etlect upon our men, they are dying off
very fast; this is a place of horrors, and
it seems to me that if our Government
only knew what we are suffering they
would take steps to release us as soon as
possible. A large lot of prisoners came
In last night and another this morning,
nearly all from Sherman's army; they
say the shells were coming into the
city when they left.
30th. A fetZ' prisoners came in to day;
they say our forces are making a „raid
upon Macon and the rebels report that
our Cavalry were close to the place yes
terday.
31st. The rebels have been strength
ening their fortifications and falling
timber to get range for artillery all day.
No cars running on the road to day; the
rebs have been moving commissary
stores from the depot into the forts.
Au°. Ist. Three rebel officers came
into the Stockade to day, they tell us
that an exchange is expected to take
place soon but they tell us so many dif
terent stories we do not know when to
believe them.
2d. A man by the name of Bennet
Norton died in our squad to day ; he
belonged to the 7th Pa. R. C. His home
is in Luzerne Co. Died of dropsy. A
hard shower this afternoon, weather
very warm.
;.41. The rebels gave orders last night
that all sick and wounded not able to
help themselves should be brought to
the gate this morning; they have been
going out all day, it is to be hoped they
will get to a better place than this.
4th. No sick went out to day; the
poor fellows have been lying at the gate
for hours, they are all coming back this
afternoon; a number died while wait
ing to go out
3th. They are taking out the sick
again to day. There is a great deal of
speculation as to where the sick are
aug,.omenle say they are going to our lines,
other's that they are going to a hospital
near by.
Gth. The guard shot a man who was
dipping Ns ater from the creek; It seems
to delight the rebels to kill a poor help
pri,oner. whenever an opportunity
ii found for doing so.
7th. All is quiet to day but it does
not brew like the-Sabbath to me. An
old pre-, er - di'e . delose to my tent to day ;
he a the thinnest man I eversaw ;
worn away to nothing. '
Bth. A few men were taken out to
day and report says they were sent to
our bite., to he exithanged, but' we get
all sork of reports here but true ones.
9th. One thousand and live men
died here within the last eight days ;
If We do not get out, soon , our qovern
mem "will have no more trouble with
us, for death will soon relieve the most
of m.
loth. We have just had another
very hard shower—it washed out the
Sto.:kade which the rebs put up after
the other rain. A good many men got
washed out of their tents by the rain.
11th. We got for rations a quarter of
a loaf of corn bread made of unsifted
meal, a gill of Mw beans and about two
ounces of fresh beef; a part of the men
got no rations at all. It rained hard
again to day, the men are dying off
very fast
I am so tired, of this change
less, dull prison life that I hardly know
what to write. I lie in my tent and
think of home and friends, and the
comforts we are deprived of, and ask
my-elf how long will this state of things
lath. The rebels have cut onr ra
tion, down about one half and it is hun
gry timer. with us now. The old pris
oner- the off very fast : the most of them
with Scurvy.
14th. The camp is full of rumors of a
geueial exchange to commence to mor
row, the men are more excited than I
have seen them since we came - here;
it is believed by a great many.
15th. The rebels did not parole any
of us to day, those who were so elated
and horeful are down in the month this
evening. About three hundred - sick
were bitten to the hospital, short rations
are still in order of,the day.
ltlth. Some more sick were taken out
to day. A rebel artist has been taking
views of the camp from the inside of the
tool;ade.
17th. :No change in our situation
every morning's man can see dead men
on every side of him. The prisoners
have died off lately faster than they
have come in.
lt,kth. Went and saw Frank Bailey
and Peter 'Walbridge, they are in good
spirits, but Ipok very poor. We do' - not
get half enough to eat, and what we
have is very poor in quality.
19th. Everything is very quiet in
camp to day ; rumors of parole and ex
change Lave all died ont--thia has been
a hungry day to me.
20th. Today has passed as yesterday , •
rations as short as ever., We have bad
a smart shower, still ethal—l think the
summer has been quite favorable for
us prisoners; the dog days have not
been so hot as I have seen them in the
North.
Weather very warm, and rations
very short—the rebel are starving us
to death ; r thought ings could get no
worse, but found I Was mistaken, our
condition gets worse every day.
23d. Have been very hungry to day;
it seems very hard to suffer here for the
common necessaries of life when there
is enough and to spare in our own coun
try and thousands glad to give it to us.
.24th. Nothing new to day. Theie is
a report that the rebels are taking the
officers belonging to negro regiments
out of pi isms, to send off for exchange
if u, there is some hope for us.
Rebel papers of yesterday copy
from N. Y. Herald a notice of the ar
rival in that city of 40 of our officers
who were exchanged at Charleston ;
Gen. Seymour amongst the number.
2titli• No change. A few prisoners
came in to day, captured in Florida;
they report an exchange soon.
27th. A sack of flour sold in camp to
day for one hundred dollars in green
backs—potatoes sell for a dollar fifty
cents per dos—onions from twenty to
fifteen cents a piece—peaches from ten
to thirty cents, and a pepper pod for
twenty rive cents, and other things in
proportion.
28th. taw a Macon paper; it stated
that the Confeds had made a proposi
tion to cur Uovcroment to exchange
man for man and let the balance re
main in our bands. but it was not so
eepted.
29th. Nothing new—camp rumors not
qn plenty, dettili is thinning out the
camp very fast: they average over a
hundred daily.
30th. Nothing to do but think of
home and friends, and draw our corn
bread and meat and eat there, not a
hard job for a hungry man.
31st. Camp 1- lull of exchange ru
mors again ; it is:strange to see how
quick . men get excited and how scan
they get over it again. Weather very
pleasant, getting cool at night
7b be Contizwed.)
What is the relation of the doormat
to the scraper? It .3 a step-farther.